DFO Area 24 Fishing Regulations & Limits

DFO Pacific Area 24 recreational fishing regulations

Current tidal-water recreational limits, sizes and closures for DFO Pacific Area 24 (Tofino, Clayoquot Sound), read from DFO’s own area page and refreshed daily. Last updated 2026-10-20. Openings change in-season and subarea boundaries are set by coordinates — always confirm on DFO before fishing.

Can you get out in Area 24?

Location	Today	Tomorrow	Save
Tofino	Rough10 kt · 4.1 ft	Rough11 kt · 7.1 ft
Clayoquot Sound	Rough10 kt · 3.9 ft	Rough11 kt · 6.8 ft

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Closures in effect today (October 31, 2026)

Nine closure areas are in effect. A closure overrides the area-wide limits wherever the two overlap.

Pacific Rim National Park — closed to finfish - all other species, codfish, greenling, halibut, lingcod, sole or flounder, scallop - purple-hinged rock, scallop - pink and spiny, scallop - weathervane, crab - box, crab - dungeness, crab - red rock, crab - king, crab - puget sound king, barnacles - giant, octopus, sea cucumber, sea urchin, shrimp including prawn, sea star or starfish and shellfish - all other species (year round)
Ahousaht/Miller Channel — closed to finfish (Aug 1 – Oct 31)
Browning Passage. — closed to finfish (Aug 1 – Oct 31)
Entrance to the Warn Bay — closed to finfish (Aug 1 – Oct 31)
Grice Bay. — closed to finfish (Aug 1 – Oct 31)
Kennedy Cove — closed to finfish (year round)
Matlahaw Point — closed to finfish (Aug 1 – Oct 31)
24-1 to 24-5,24-7 and 24-12 to 24-14 — closed to finfish (Aug 1 – Oct 31)
Coastwide — closed to eulachon (no end date given)

Salmon — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Min size	Daily	Status
Chinook salmon (hatchery and wild combined)	24,124	45cm	2	Open
Chum salmon	24	30cm	0	Non Retention
Chum salmon	124	30cm	4	Open
Coho salmon (hatchery and wild combined)	24	30cm	2 Combined Total * Consisting of no more than: 2 - Hatchery - marked; 1 - Wild - unmarked	Open
Coho salmon (hatchery and wild combined)	124	30cm	2 Combined Total * Consisting of no more than: 2 - Hatchery - marked; 0 - Wild - unmarked	Open
Pink salmon	24	30cm	0	Non Retention
Pink salmon	124	30cm	4	Open
Sockeye salmon	24	30cm	4	Open
Sockeye salmon	124	30cm	0	Non Retention

Finfish other than salmon — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Min size	Daily	Status
Codfish	24,124		8	Open
Eulachon	24,124		0kg	Closed
Finfish - all other species	24,124		20	Open
Greenling	24,124		3	Open
Halibut	24,124		2	Open
Herring	24,124		20kg	Open
Lingcod	24,124	65cm	3	Open
Mackerel	24,124		100	Open
Northern Anchovy	24,124		20kg	Open
Pacific sand lance	24,124		5kg	Open
Pacific sardine	24,124		100	Open
Rockfish - Yelloweye	24,124		0	Non Retention
Rockfish - all species except Yelloweye	24,124		3	Open
Sablefish	24,124		4	Open
Sculpin	24,124		8	Open
Shark - Basking	24,124		0	Closed
Shark - Blue	24,124		0	Closed
Shark - Brown Cat	24,124		0	Closed
Shark - Great White	24,124		0	Closed
Shark - Salmon	24,124		1	Open
Shark - Sixgill	24,124		0	Closed
Shark - Tope	24,124		0	Closed
Shark - all other species	24,124		0	Closed
Skate	24,124		1	Open
Smelt	24,124		20kg	Open
Sole or Flounder	24,124		8	Open
Spiny Dogfish	24,124		0	Non Retention
Surfperch	24,124		8	Open
Tuna - Albacore	24,124		20	Open
Tuna - Pacific bluefin	24,124		20	Open
Tuna - all other species	24,124		20	Open
White Sturgeon	24,124		0	Non Retention
Wolf Eel	24,124		0	Non Retention
Trout (hatchery and wild combined)	24,124	30cm	2 Combined Total * Consisting of no more than: 2 - Hatchery - marked; 0 - Wild - unmarked	Open

Bivalve shellfish and snails — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Daily
Clam - Butter	24,124	20
Clam - Horse	24,124	6
Clam - Littleneck	24,124	60
Clam - Manila	24,124	60
Clam - Razor	24,124	12
Clam - Softshell	24,124	25
Clam - Varnish	24,124	60
Clam - all species combined	24,124	60
Cockles	24,124	25
Geoduck	24,124	3
Mussel - Blue	24,124	75
Mussel - California	24,124	25
Mussels - all species combined	24,124	75
Oyster - Olympia	24,124	0
Oyster - all species except Olympia	24,124	12
Scallop - Pink and Spiny	24,124	75
Scallop - Purple-hinged rock	24,124	6
Scallop - Weathervane	24,124	6
Scallop - Weathervane and Purple-hinged rock combined	24,124	6
Snail - Moon	24,124	2
Snail - other	24,124	75
Whelks	24,124	75

Crab — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Min size	Daily	Status
Crab - Box	24,124		1	Open
Crab - Dungeness	24,124	165mm	6	Open
Crab - Dungeness, Red Rock and King combined	24,124		6	Open
Crab - King	24,124		2	Open
Crab - Puget Sound King	24,124		1	Open
Crab - Red Rock	24,124	115mm	6	Open
Crab - Shore	24,124		25	Open
Crab - other	24,124		4	Open

Other invertebrates — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Daily	Status
Abalone	24,124	0	Closed
Barnacles - Giant	24,124	6	Open
Barnacles - Goose	24,124	2kg	Open
Invertebrates - all other species	24,124	20	Open
Limpet	24,124	75	Open
Octopus	24,124	1	Open
Sand Dollar	24,124	6	Open
Sea Cucumber	24,124	12	Open
Sea Star or Starfish	24,124	6	Open
Sea Urchin	24,124	12	Open
Shellfish - all other species	24,124	20	Open
Shrimp - Ghost	24,124	50	Open
Shrimp including prawn	24,124	125	Open
Squid - Opal	24,124	200	Open
Squid - all other species	24,124	20	Open

Source: DFO Pacific Area 24 recreational fishing. Check the Fishery Notices for changes newer than the update date. This page is a reading of DFO’s page, not a substitute for it, and does not reproduce the coordinate-defined subarea boundaries.

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